>> joe, the last month, i was working with the speaker, with governor cuomo, with mayor bloomberg to get assurance that the sandy aid would be voted on. what john had said it once it came from the senate, it would be voted on. he promised us that. and then during the days leading -- sunday, monday and tuesday, we were working on -- sunday, monday working on legislation. and it was agreed to. it was on the website which basically would have allowed for $60 billion to be voted. and we were told first it would be on tuesday. then they said it might be over to wednesday morning. late tuesday we started hearing rumors that it might be pulled. it was all the controversy over the fiscal cliff legislation, john felt to have that and then on top of that to be giving $60 billion to new york and new jersey could cause too much of a split in the party. but he didn't tell us that. and he went off the floor tuesday night. and we had to find out from an aide that the bill was pulled. and congress was over. congress has ended, so we have to start all over in the next congress. and i just felt at the